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Definition of 'nominative'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) nominative
of, pertaining to, or being a grammatical case typically indicating the subject of a finite verb.

2.  nominative
nominated; appointed by nomination.

3.  nominative
made out in a person's name, as a certificate.

4. (n.) nominative
the nominative case.

5.  nominative
a word or other form in the nominative case, as Latin nauta“sailor” in Nauta bonus est“The sailor is good” or the English pronoun
I.

Definition of 'nominative'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) nominative, nominative case, subject case
the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

2. (adj) nominative
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
"nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"

3. (adj) nominative, nominal
named; bearing the name of a specific person
"nominative shares of stock"

4. (adj) nominated, nominative
appointed by nomination

Definition of 'nominative'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) nominative
giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb

2. (noun) nominative
the nominative case

'nominative' - Nearby Entries
nominating speech nomination nominative nominative case nominator nominee nomogram

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